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28. and to think that so many people pay good money to connect their tvs to the "news"

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 05:04 PM

Dec 2015

when an actual range of good informative news is available online thru many more options than cable will ever allow.

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It's Too Late to Turn Off Trump - Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone [View all] flamingdem Dec 2015 OP

Indeed. eom 2naSalit Dec 2015 #2

+1,000 callous taoboy Dec 2015 #3

We should have the ability to "like" individual comments....eom N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2015 #14

NBC's airwaves are "OUR AIRWAVES they use under license from US!" KamaAina Dec 2015 #22

All I can say is hifiguy Dec 2015 #26

If you think today's media propagandists will do that hifiguy Dec 2015 #27

Well, Trump sure has had quite a week or so. longship Dec 2015 #4

Trump might survive the bar-b-que flamingdem Dec 2015 #5

My best regards, FD. nt longship Dec 2015 #6

but he is a living breathing hero to the "proud to be stupid" crowd. corkhead Dec 2015 #9

HUGE K&R!! SHRED Dec 2015 #8

My same feeling. Voice for Peace Dec 2015 #30

Taibbi nails it again phantom power Dec 2015 #10

You know they actually WANT a Fourth Reich.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #11

No, fascicm is most definitely not good for profits. Nitram Dec 2015 #15

State aligns with *some* companies. Very bad business for media companies. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #16

I think you misunderstand my point. Nitram Dec 2015 #19

The party loyalists are promoted under fascism.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #21

The oligarchs are already loyal fascists who act in concert. hifiguy Dec 2015 #25

Good stuff... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #17

'they're wondering if they created a monster' bwahahahahahaha spanone Dec 2015 #23

Fascism is the final state of decaying capitalism. hifiguy Dec 2015 #24

Maybe they should just say "Screw the ratings" grntuscarora Dec 2015 #29

What will it take to make them see propaganda for what it is? Utopian Leftist Dec 2015 #31

So, NOW the M$M are getting ethical? Proserpina Dec 2015 #32